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Foster parents pressure 16-year-old foster kid to change his name from Ryder to Ryan, claims his name is inappropriate: 'They would like me to strongly consider it so I could have the chance at a professional future'

Emmy Ward

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New mom wants pregnant sister-in-law to change her baby's middle name in case she wants to use it for a second child: 'The in laws googled our names and found the registry'

JR Atkinson

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Woman gets pregnant, demands 23-year-old cousin give up her name so her daughter can have it and fulfil 'family prophecy': 'I need you to release the name to her'

Ally Perry

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'YOUR KIDS WILL NEVER EVER EVER FORGIVE YOU EVER': Shakespeare-obsessed pregnant woman wants to name her twins Romeo and Juliet, much to the horror of her husband and best friend

Emmy Ward

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Boyfriend's mom refuses to call son's partner by his given gender-neutral name, partner snaps at her and calls her bigoted: 'I am half Asian [...] it's a unisex name that isn't short for anything'

JR Atkinson

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Pregnant woman refuses to let mother-in-law pick her own grandma name, claims it's 'inappropriate and strange': 'She is no longer speaking to us'

JR Atkinson

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30-year-old mom insists that her pregnant sister should name her daughter Charlotte because she named her baby George, refuses to take no for an answer: 'She's obsessed with all things Bridgerton so that's where her inspiration comes from'

Emmy Ward

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'A child shouldn't be taught to change themselves to make bullies happy': 10-year-old with African name wants to use an 'American name' to avoid teasing, mother and sister-in-law disagree about whether they should let him

JR Atkinson

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'They all decided that my name, Ciarán, is too hard to pronounce': Irish teenager moves to the USA, classmates try to call him 'Connor' as his American name against his will

Emmy Ward

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'I would start calling her kid Charlie 2': New mom names newborn the same name as sister's 4-year-old dog, demands sister change the dog's name

JR Atkinson

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Entitled MIL purposely calls woman's newborn by the wrong name because she ‘likes it’ better, situation reaches a boiling point when MIL writes the wrong name on his Christmas gift

Lana DeGaetano

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25-year-old woman changes her name to 'Queen' to reinvent herself, gets uncomfortable whenever anyone uses her birth name: 'I asked if I can call her Q and she said no, my name is Queen'

Emmy Ward

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Wife gives newborn twins true crime-related names, husband doesn't make the connection until it's too late: 'I don't know what your wife is thinking'

JR Atkinson

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Mother-in-law and sister-in-law constantly mock woman for being named 'Dove,' try to call her 'Diane' because they think that's a normal name: '[They] have pressed me on WHY I won't change my name legally and why I use my name in daily life'

Emmy Ward

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Pregnant mom wants to name her baby 'Leanna' to honor late stepmother, sister pushes back because she wants to name her kids 'Lee' and 'Anna': 'That's a whole new level of entitlement'

JR Atkinson

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Mom forces 6-year-old daughter to change her last name to her stepfather's after her father's passing, refuses to pay to change it back when she turns 18 even though she said she would

Emmy Ward

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